Sabaton announced a massive split yesterday (Friday 30th March) with four band members leaving and only vocalist Joakim Bróden and bassist Pär Sundström remaining.

Joakim revealed this to MetalTalk.net's Mark Taylor earlier this week but it was not included in this interview at his request. Now that the news is official however, we can exclusively reveal that Joakin and Pär have already rehearsed with their new line-up and that this year's US tour will definitely go ahead.

Here's what Joakim had to say about forthcoming new album 'Carolus Rex', just before the split was announced.